Contradictions and Paradoxes in Luke 8:43

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Luke 8:43 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Luke 8:43. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, this story is about a woman who was sick for a long time and spent all her money on doctors, but none could make her better. It's to show how desperate and hopeful she was when she came to Jesus for help.

Luke 8:43: And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

Contradiction with Mark 5:26

It states the woman had "suffered many things of many physicians" whereas Luke 8:43 does not mention her suffering from treatments by physicians.

Mark 5:26: And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

Contradiction with Matthew 9:20

It mentions the woman had "disease" for twelve years, similar to Luke 8:43 yet focuses on a different aspect of touching Jesus' garment for healing, unlike Luke 8:43.

Matthew 9:20: And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind [him], and touched the hem of his garment:

Contradiction with Luke 8:27

This verse describes a different person with unclean spirits, contradicting the context of a woman with an issue of blood in Luke 8:43.

Luke 8:27: And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in [any] house, but in the tombs.
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